This is the story of two people who are only able to live for one day every year. Every 24 hours, they are sent forward in time exactly 365 days. This is the table of contents for volume 2. Click here to see the table of contents for 2015, and here for the table of contents for 2017. I run a new installment every single Sunday at 16:15 Central Time, so wait for that time and go crazy.
Another day, another year. There was nothing particularly different about the second of May in 2056, but it felt like a new beginning...
“Prince Darko,” Leona said.
“Why does he call himself that?”
“He hasn’t explained it,” she replied...
Mateo and Leona decided to keep from introducing Prince Darko to the rest of the family until 2058...
The Cleanser had been right about “the next Reaver” coming. Mateo just didn’t think he meant so soon. Though, to be fair, it was technically a year later...
The three of them spent a few hours searching for civilization in the woods. In that time, Mateo described to them the appearance of The Rogue, and they discussed preparations for his return...
When they woke up the next day, Leona had some questions...
The year’s Tribulation did not begin until rather late in the evening. And they knew this from the very beginning...
Mateo, Leona, and Prince Darko slipped out of the house quietly and headed for the street. Their phones were waiting for them on the steps...
Mateo woke up almost naked on the beach somewhere. Leona was nowhere to be found, but there was a pile of clothes nearby...
Mateo tentatively pulled himself into the lifeboat, nearly tipping it over a few times...
Mateo started smacking his lips as they were heading towards Palace Glubbdubdrib. “Are you thirsty?” he asked...
“So, you killed him...
Darko threaded them through a couple of commercial aircraft all the way back to Kansas where they spent most of the day catching up with their family...
Mateo could not open his eyes, despite knowing that he had to in order to survive. A great roar came from under his ass and vibrated his entire body...
They slept the rest of the day away, but were still tired come midnight. Just after jumping into the future, Makarion aggressively woke them up...
They felt rested enough the following year that they decided to watch a few of their remaining films in real time; the ones that showed a little bit more technique...
Following the jump to the future, Mateo lovingly pulled back from Leona’s embrace. He pretended to be perturbed and said, “wow, I asked you to marry me a year ago, and you still haven’t given me an answer. I think that’s a record...
Mateo and Leona decided to watch Transporter 3 for a third time after the jump. This was after they watched all other films in the Transporter franchise, some that had not been released when Mateo first started jumping through time...
“Get out of the car,” Darko ordered.
“What just happened?” Mateo asked in a panic.
“Leave the car now and ask questions later,” Darko said authoritatively...
Darko threaded all three of them through the future timestream of a tree in the middle of the woods. Very little had changed from their surroundings, but they did look different...
“It’s nice to see you again too, Commander Parker,” Leona said lightly but confidently...
Designated teleporter and salmon-chooser hybrid Rogue Makarion was doing the best he could...
After murdering Leona’s father, Frank Delaney, The Cleanser inspected the point on the ground where Darko died...
What Mateo found out upon jumping back into the timestream was that Saga, Vearden, and even Harrison were responsible for building a scale replica of the Colosseum...
Kayetan Glaston, a.k.a. The Merger was a young fellow, probably in his very early 20s. He was eager, feisty, and way in over his head...
The void that Mateo and Leona jumped through was literally endless. It didn’t feel like they were falling, more like they were stuck in place and feeling it fly around them...
There was really no way to describe what Mateo was feeling. He knew that his body hadn’t actually experienced four thousand years in a hell dimension, but he had memory of it...
Makarion was, not surprisingly, shocked by Mateo’s actions. But Mateo had resolved to carry out the plan to kill Hitler, even if the Cleanser had no intention of him doing that...
“Whoa. Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait. This isn’t right. You’re acting like you’re helping me, but the last time you did that, you turned out to be the bad guy...
The Cleanser left as quickly as he had come, saying only that he had to figure out what had gone wrong...
“Do you have any idea what it takes to dig a mass grave with nothing more than a shovel? I have to match dimensions...in more ways than one!...
In order to make things more difficult, The Cleanser insisted that, from now on, he only watch the movie attached to each tribulation once. In this case, Mateo had already watched 16 Blocks when it first came out, which meant he wasn’t allowed to see it again...
The real centennial was more than a month ago, but people were still celebrating. Any chance to have fun was a good one...
Mateo slipped his feet into the new shoes. The laces tightened up automatically, and what felt like a foam filled in the gaps around his feet...
Knowing that he was being put through Vin Diesel movies made things easier. Well, it made it so that he always knew how to handle each challenge, but the challenges themselves were extremely difficult and dangerous...
Mateo wanted to help Leona through her transition, but she refused to be near him. The Blender disappeared immediately after she felt her job was done, leaving Leona in ruins...
Mateo raced through the office building. It had been abandoned long ago, having been easily outdated by superior construction materials and techniques...
Mateo didn’t know for sure what had happened. The assumption was that, upon transfusing his blood into Leona’s body, she would become like him. It seemed, however, to have had the opposite effect...
There were at least two stargate replicas in the universe. The first thing Leona Delaney-Gelen did after finding the time mirror was find a safe haven she and Mateo could escape to, hoping The Cleanser did not know about it...
Mateo had no way of getting off of Tribulation Island. Rather, he had no way to get back to Earth at all. The stargate never opened a portal for him, no matter what be did...
Mateo had no way of getting off of Tribulation Island. Rather, he had no way to get back to Earth at all. The stargate never opened a portal for him, no matter what be did...
June 11, 2096
Mateo woke up on the morning of June 11, 2096 to a little more than just a gift or two. He discovered that Baudin had constructed for him several more things besides the Nexus portal, but he did not know why...
June 12, 2097
Two years after Mateo Matic disappeared into the future, a television series premiered...
June 13, 2098
Mateo’s predicted, but still surprising, reunion with Horace was going to have to wait. He had a responsibility to speak with his birth mother first...
June 14, 2099
Mateo, Gilbert, and Horace spent the rest of the day hatching their plans and explaining themselves to each other...
June 15, 2100
Mateo spent the rest of the 21st century poring through thick and dusty books. He read classics like The Count of Monte Cristo, and novels that had been published after he began jumping, like The Last Refuge...
June 16, 2101
After a good night’s rest all the way through the morning of 2101 in the Kansas City safehouse, Mateo used Baudin’s headquarters as a bridge back to Tribulation Island...
June 17, 2102
No sound. The air would shift between a little too cold to go without a jacket, and a little too hot to wear a long-sleeved shirt...
June 18, 2103
Mateo woke up however much longer, and discovered that Xearea had apported him to a seedy motel. She was gone, but Leona was lying next to him...
June 19, 2104
Mateo and Leona both went to the restroom after waking up the morning of 2104. They drank some water, went to the bathroom again, and then they went right back to sleep...
June 20, 2105
“You met Juan Ponce de León!” Leona screamed like an anime fangirl. “I’m named after him, did you know that? Did I ever tell you that...
June 21, 2106
About an hour into the Gilbert’s lesson on time manipulation, Mateo got an idea. They didn’t have to stuff every lesson into one day if Serkan was there...
June 22, 2107
“He is not still alive,” Gilbert explained. “That is no longer Zeferino Preston. It has returned to its original function as The Mass...
Mateo woke up on the morning of June 11, 2096 to a little more than just a gift or two. He discovered that Baudin had constructed for him several more things besides the Nexus portal, but he did not know why...
June 12, 2097
Two years after Mateo Matic disappeared into the future, a television series premiered...
June 13, 2098
Mateo’s predicted, but still surprising, reunion with Horace was going to have to wait. He had a responsibility to speak with his birth mother first...
June 14, 2099
Mateo, Gilbert, and Horace spent the rest of the day hatching their plans and explaining themselves to each other...
June 15, 2100
Mateo spent the rest of the 21st century poring through thick and dusty books. He read classics like The Count of Monte Cristo, and novels that had been published after he began jumping, like The Last Refuge...
June 16, 2101
After a good night’s rest all the way through the morning of 2101 in the Kansas City safehouse, Mateo used Baudin’s headquarters as a bridge back to Tribulation Island...
June 17, 2102
No sound. The air would shift between a little too cold to go without a jacket, and a little too hot to wear a long-sleeved shirt...
June 18, 2103
Mateo woke up however much longer, and discovered that Xearea had apported him to a seedy motel. She was gone, but Leona was lying next to him...
June 19, 2104
Mateo and Leona both went to the restroom after waking up the morning of 2104. They drank some water, went to the bathroom again, and then they went right back to sleep...
June 20, 2105
“You met Juan Ponce de León!” Leona screamed like an anime fangirl. “I’m named after him, did you know that? Did I ever tell you that...
June 21, 2106
About an hour into the Gilbert’s lesson on time manipulation, Mateo got an idea. They didn’t have to stuff every lesson into one day if Serkan was there...
June 22, 2107
“He is not still alive,” Gilbert explained. “That is no longer Zeferino Preston. It has returned to its original function as The Mass...
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